Boyd Anderson Tackett

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Boyd Anderson Tackett (born May 9, 1911 in Black Springs , Montgomery County , Arkansas , † February 23, 1985 in Nashville , Arkansas) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1953 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At a young age, Boyd Tackett moved with his parents to Glenwood , Pike County . There he attended public schools. Between 1930 and 1932 Tackett studied at the Arkansas Polytechnic College in Russellville ; in 1932 and 1933 he attended Ouachita College in Arkadelphia . Tackett graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a law degree .

After his admission to the bar in 1935, he began practicing his new profession in Glenwood, Murfreesboro and Nashville, Arkansas. Politically, Tackett joined the Democratic Party . Between 1937 and 1941 he was an MP in the Arkansas House of Representatives . In January 1941, he became a district attorney in the Arkansas Ninth Judicial District. He held this office until October 1943, when he became a member of the US Army . Until November 1944 he took part in a news unit in World War II .

After his military service, Tackett initially worked again as a lawyer in Nashville. Between 1945 and 1948 he was Police Commissioner in Little Rock . In the congressional elections of 1948 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced William Fadjo Cravens on January 3, 1949 . After re-election in 1952, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1953 . In 1952 he renounced another candidacy. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully within his party for the nomination for the gubernatorial election .

After leaving Congress, Tackett retired from politics and worked as a lawyer in Texarkana . In 1980 he retired. Since 1983 he lived again in Nashville, where he died in 1985.

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SURNAME Tackett, Boyd Anderson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH near Black Springs , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1985
Place of death Nashville , Arkansas